epic flooding in the midwest is not only changing the physical landscape, it is threatening to end a way of life. government forecasters say widespread flooding will continue through may. this is planting season, folks. 25 states are at risk of serious flooding including states already under water. now coming off two years of bad weather, tariffs crippling tariffing and banks withholding loans, farmers are starting to wonder if they will ever recover. a report from iowa. reporter: there is just some of the flooded farmland here. and we re about 6 1/2 miles from where the missouri river line should be according to the department of agricultural, about 100,000 acres of farmland are flooded here in the state of iowa. and many of the farmers in this area can t even get to their farms to assess the damage.
bad weather, crippling tariffs and banks withholding loans, familiarers a farmers are begin to wonder if they will ever recover. reporter: there is just some of the flooded farmland here. and we re about 6 1/2 miles from where the missouri river line should be according to the department of agricultural, about 100,000 acres of farmland are flooded here in the state of iowa. and many of the farmers in this area can t even get to their farms to assess the damage. and some don t think that they will be able to plant a crop this year. we spoke to some of them. there is a lot of pain and uncertainty of your future, what you re going to have to go back to, the amount of money that it will take to even possibly try to put your life back together as far as your family goes. i need to be able to farm this ground, i need to be able
moscow not toning don t his rhetoric. putin praising nuclear capable weapons. as we have seen, the u.s. air force not backing down. serious situation. fred flig fred pleitgen in moscow. thank you. farmers are reeling. first the impact of president trump s tariffs which sent crop prices plunging. now many of the farmers are facing flooding. vanessa, you have been talki ii to farmers. what are they saying? reporter: behind me is just some of the flooded farmland here in iowa. we are standing about 6 1/2 miles from where the missouri river line should be, according to the iowa democrat partment o agriculture. 100,000 acres have been flooded. most farmers we have spoken to can t get to their farms to
assess the damage. some think they won t even have a crop to plant this year. it came fast. it hasn t stopped. the missouri river flooded to record levels across midwestern states, taking with it homes, crops and livestock. leaving farmers with hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. as you stand here and you look at this flooding, what are the emotions that come to you? there s a lot of pain and uncertainty of your future. reporter: this on top of new tariffs which have lowered prices on crops and livestock, implemented by a president many farmers here support. dustin is a fifth generation soy and corn farmer in iowa. he hasn t been able to get to his 2,000 acre farm since sunday. how much of your land would you say is underwater right now? 95%. reporter: what is the damage you are looking at?